We have a local river just like this, as in you need an expedition team to get to the water in order to fish due to the extreme overgrowth. As for the geese, I can understand your plight, the local swans have kept them at bay for some time recently, whereas before this they were very noisy and disturbing on the still water I fish.
Evertime i go to fontburn i avoid the shop side the banks are far to high. I like to go on the other side much easier to fish and land them it gets busy in the summer but if i go early enough i normally get a good spot
Hi I do think it is a better bait fishery than fly due to the few places you can get a line out. For me it is a long way to go when there are better options closer to home. Thanks for your comments. Regards Rod
@@roderickwalker491 Yeah totally agree it's far to easy to get caught in a tree unless you can get on the bit next to the shop but that's nearly always busy
Hi boats are the way to go but the stocking is rainbows I think a lot of them have become bottom feeders due to the large amount of ground bait used. Regards Rod
I'm glad you shared this, I was thinking of trying Fontburn. I've dodged a bullet thanks.
Pleased to be of help 😊
We have a local river just like this, as in you need an expedition team to get to the water in order to fish due to the extreme overgrowth. As for the geese, I can understand your plight, the local swans have kept them at bay for some time recently, whereas before this they were very noisy and disturbing on the still water I fish.
The geese followed me down the reservoir, I have the knack of bonding with anything that gets on my nerves. Regards Rod
Evertime i go to fontburn i avoid the shop side the banks are far to high. I like to go on the other side much easier to fish and land them it gets busy in the summer but if i go early enough i normally get a good spot
Hi I do think it is a better bait fishery than fly due to the few places you can get a line out. For me it is a long way to go when there are better options closer to home. Thanks for your comments. Regards Rod
@@roderickwalker491 Yeah totally agree it's far to easy to get caught in a tree unless you can get on the bit next to the shop but that's nearly always busy
Looks like somewhere to fish from a boat. Still it's good it's browns.
Hi boats are the way to go but the stocking is rainbows I think a lot of them have become bottom feeders due to the large amount of ground bait used. Regards Rod
If it can support browns naturally you have to wonder why they are stocking with rainbows.
always wanted to try fontburn now I'll not bother , stick to hury,chatton,thrunton and sharply
I do not like to be negative about a fishery, but if they want fly fishers they need boats. Thanks 👍
Must have been a very disappointing trip for you. Thought we might have seen you on the river this week trying for a seatrout after the recent flood.
Yes I would like to doing that but the days I could fish the floods were a bit on the high side. Rod